Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c16.778

v1.c16.778

The story was related in reference to Sāriputta who is identified with Nandisena. Two Jains, a man and a woman, each versed in five hundred theses, met in Vesāli and the Licchavis arranged a marriage between them. They had one son, Saccaka, and four daughters, Saccā, Lolā, Avavādakā and Paṭācārā. After the death of their parents, the girls wandered from city to city for purposes of disputation. They came at last to Sāvatthi, where they set up at the city gate a jambu-tree, to be pulled up by anyone accepting their challenge to a discussion. Sāriputta, seeing the branch, had it removed, and when the girls came to him with a great crowd of people, answered all their questions and defeated them in debate. Thereupon they entered the Order under Uppalavaṇṇā, and the fame of Sāriputta increased.¹